After owning a house for several months, I realised that I actually preferred my apartment.
1. I wasn't obligated to visit my apartment just to hold onto it, because new apartments will appear if they fill up (which means if I can't afford to play the game for a little while, I'll still have my apartment to go back to).
2. I really didn't need more than one floor as I like making lofts (I like lofts IRL, too)
3. Someone could teleport to my apartment just as easily as they could teleport to my house, which is great.


The only thing I miss about owning a house is the landscaping. So, if they could just give us another door in the back of the apartment, so there's like this little patio/balcony space you could treat like a garden, I would be completely satisfied.



Though, I think it'd be cool if there were different sized apartments/guild halls for a person's personal preferences and/or needs. Like, in .hack//GU, to visit yours or a friend's guildhall, you had to speak with the gatekeeper and select that guildhall's @home. The @homes varied in sizes and outlets (like our version of a workshop for higher tiered guildhalls), too. I don't think instanced housing is a bad idea.


I like having neighbours. Back when wards were more lively and people actually hung out in them, it was a blast. My only worry is that will never happen again with instanced housing (but then it's not happening now so...).